Public Journalism Club (PJC) and Microsoft Innovation Center have launched the Technology Goes Beyond Borders project in November 2014 to support technology startups from Armenia and Turkey to develop and better focus their ideas. 15 participating startupers have only met online before March 26 when they came together during a Crash Course in Armenia and presented their ideas to mentors and organizers.

Yesterday a four-day training course in the framework of the Technology Goes Beyond Borders (TGBB) project kicked off in Yerevan. Fifteen young startup entrepreneurs from Armenia and Turkey are participating in this workshop. In total, six startup teams are involved in the project-three from Turkey (Istanbul, Ankara) and three from Armenia (Yerevan, Gyumri).

It is the seventh time that the Freedom of Speech day is celebrated in Gyumri on March 25. Examining 44 suggestions from the society, the organizational board of the Freedom of Speech Day celebrations decided to award journalists, public and political figures. The following people were awarded:

On February 27th and 28th the Armenian delegation representing Armenia’s information and communication technology industry (ICT) participated in the highly reputable Startup Turkey event held in Antalya.

From February 24 to March 1 twelve delegates including top representatives of Armenia’s information and communication technology industry (ICT) as well as entrepreneurs and investors took part in a study trip to Turkey as part of the second stage of the ‘‘Exchange of Entrepreneurs’’ project.

Twelve delegates including top representatives of Armenia’s information and communication technology industry (ICT) as well as entrepreneurs and investors will visit Turkey as part of the second stage of the ‘‘Exchange of Entrepreneurs’’ project jointly implemented by TEPAV and Public Journalism Club (PJC) within the framework of the programme ‘‘Support to the Armenia-Turkey Normalisation Process’’ funded by the European Union.